DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-94,236

VIRGINIAN PILOT-MEDIA COMPANIES, LLC
IT DIVISION
A SUBSIDIARY OF TRIBUNE PUBLISHING COMPANY
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM SLAIT CONSULTING
NORFOLK, VIRGINIA

Certification Regarding Eligibility
To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance

In accordance with Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974, as
amended ("Act"), 19 U.S.C. § 2273, the Department of Labor
herein presents the results of an investigation regarding
certification of eligibility to apply for worker adjustment
assistance.
The group eligibility requirements for workers of a firm
under Section 222(a) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a), are
satisfied if the following criteria are met:
(1) a significant number or proportion of the
workers in such workers' firm have become totally or
partially separated, or are threatened to become
totally or partially separated;
(2)(B)(i)(I) there has been a shift by the workers'
firm to a foreign country in the production of
articles or supply of services like or directly
competitive with those produced/supplied by the
workers' firm; OR
(II) there has been an acquisition from a
foreign country by the workers' firm of
articles/services that are like or directly
competitive with those produced/supplied by
the workers' firm; AND
(ii) the shift/acquisition must have contributed
importantly to the workers' separation or
threat of separation.

The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on October 16, 2018 by a state workforce office on behalf
of workers of Virginian Pilot-Media Companies, LLC, IT division,
a subsidiary of Tribune Publishing Company, including on-site
leased workers from Slait Consulting, Norfolk, Virginia
(Virginian Pilot-Medial Companies, LLC).
The workers the subject of the investigation are engaged in
activities related to the supply of information technology
services.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the petitioner and the workers' firm.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant number
or proportion of the workers at Virginian Pilot-Medial
Companies, LLC have become totally or partially separated, or
are threatened to become totally or partially separated.
Section 222(a)(2)(B) has been met because the workers' firm
has shifted to a foreign country the supply of services like or
directly competitive with the services supplied by the workers
which contributed importantly to worker group separations at
Virginian Pilot-Media Companies, LLC .


Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Virginian Pilot-Media
Companies, LLC, IT division, a subsidiary of Tribune Publishing
Company, including on-site leased workers from Slait Consulting,
Norfolk, Virginia, who are engaged in activities related to the
supply of information technology services meet the worker group
certification criteria under Section 222(a) of the Act, 19
U.S.C. § 2272(a). In accordance with Section 223 of the Act, 19
U.S.C. § 2273, I make the following certification:
"All workers of Virginian Pilot-Media Companies, LLC, IT
division, a subsidiary of Tribune Publishing Company,
including on-site leased workers from Slait Consulting,
Norfolk, Virginia who became totally or partially separated
from employment on or after October 15, 2017 through two
years from the date of certification, and all workers in
the group threatened with total or partial separation from
employment on the date of certification through two years
from the date of certification, are eligible to apply for
adjustment assistance under Chapter 2 of Title II of the
Trade Act of 1974, as amended."
Signed in Washington, D.C. this 18th day of January 2019.

/s/
______________________________

Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance